Originally Posted by
CO 1E
My brother was on an AA 757 (MIA-LPB) last month that suffered the same type of engine failure, except the failure occured about 30 seconds after takeoff. They just went around and landed in MIA. Why is it that this CO engine failure that resulted in an aborted takeoff made the news and, yet, I didn't see anything about my brother's AA flight, where the failure occured after takeoff.
I guess it made news because
- for the general traveling public, it did spill debris on the runway and they had to shut down one runway for over an hour to clean up;
- the failure happened at one of the most vulnerable moment during a flight;
- and for those interested in aviation, I believe it may be the first shut "dramatic" failure of a GE90.
Anyways, the link is posted on a trade publication. It has not made news in the general media except a brief mention on local NY stations that night. It was not a big deal for the general traveling public.
But here, not only do we have people who fly a lot, but also many who are just interested in aviation anything.